1. Energy Statistics Compilers Manual
United Nations Statistics Division
7th Oslo Group meeting
23-26 October 2012, Helsinki, Finland

2. Overview Need for energy statistics ESCM Purpose Audience
Roles and contributions
Preparation process
Country practices
UNSD activities in energy statistics
A few words on manuals on energy statistics and indicators (e.g. IEA, Eurostat, others)

3. Need of high quality energy statistics
Availability of good reliable and timely energy statistics is fundamental for policy making
Growing demand for energy, considering limited resources, increases the need for reliable and descriptive statistics
Development of energy statistics according to international statistical standards is basis for consistency among statistics collected
by different agencies within a country
for international comparison
Importance of energy statistics requires better link to economic and other statistics
terminology, definitions, concepts, procedures

4. ESCM
Intended to:
provide practical guidance on compilation of energy statistics, balances and accounts
provide more detailed guidance on recommendations contained in IRES
reflect successful country practices
Prepared by UNSD in cooperation with Oslo Group and other expert groups
Is part of the implementation of IRES as approved by the UN Statistical Commission

5. ESCM outline Ch. 1 Conceptual framework
Ch. 2 Legal foundations and institutional arrangements
Ch. 3 Classifications
Ch. 4 Data sources and data collection
Ch. 5 Compilation of energy balances
Ch. 6 Compilation of energy accounts
Ch. 7 Energy indicators and greenhouse gas emissions
Ch. 8 Data quality and metadata
Ch. 9 Data dissemination

6. Target audience
Statisticians involved in the establishment, strengthening or improvement of the energy statistics programme
Statistician who regularly collect and compile energy statistics
Users of energy statistics to better understand the strengths and weakness of data

7. Roles and contributions
The Oslo Group was mandated to
“.. address methodological issues related to energy statistics and contribute to improved international standards and improved methods for official energy statistics by pooling expertise in the energy community...”
In 2007 the work plan of the OG included the preparation of IRES and the ESCM
It is expected that the OG is the main contributor to the ESCM
UNSD will consolidate and edit inputs into the successive versions of the draft ESCM and publish the ESCM

8. ESCM process
Work carried out by UNSD with strong support from the Oslo Group
Structure and contributions discussed at Oslo Group meeting 2011
Input sought also from other expert groups, e.g. London Group
Country practice template
Developed to provide a standardized way of describing country practices
Used to provide input into ESCM
Many countries have already submitted their practices
Publication
Country practices will be part of Knowledge base and input into the ESCM
Hard copy publication as well as an electronic version to be periodically updated (in-between formal revisions of the hard copy version)

9. Finalization process 7th Oslo Group meeting
Review the available drafts
Identify areas of improvements and further work
Identify country examples to be included
What’s next?
Consolidate the inputs into more complete revised chapters
(possible) virtual meeting to discuss the revised chapters
8th Oslo group meeting to review a complete draft
Target
Finalize the ESCM in 3rd Quarter 2013

10. Collection of country practices
A template was developed by the Oslo Group in cooperation with UNSD
common format for countries to report and share their practices energy statistics
easier review and comparisons of country practices
Provides input into the ESCM

11. Country practice template
47 countries submitted their practices
About 95 practices submitted
Country practices are available on the web at:
To participate, please contact us at or the Oslo Group Secretariat at

13. UNSD activities in energy statistics
Implementation of IRES
Revision of the energy questionnaire according to IRES
Harmonization of the questionnaire with IEA, Eurostat and ECE
Technical cooperation
Regional workshops
Training materials / modules (in addition to ESCM)
Development of SEEA-Energy
Energy accounts
Also addressed in ESCM (and in IRES)
Preparation of a JODI gas manual
to guide in the collection of month data on natural gas statistics
in cooperation with JODI partner organizations

14. Practical guidance on energy statistics
There are a number of initiatives to respond to the need of practical guidance for the collection and compilation of (various aspects) energy statistics
For example:
Manual on households energy consumption (Eurostat)
Manual on energy efficiency indicators (IEA)
Manual on energy consumption in transport (ESCWA) ….

15. Important elements to consider:
Alignment with IRES
Ensure that they are aligned with the concepts, definitions and classifications in IRES
Consistency
Ensure that there is consistency among the different compilation guidance documents